Opinion: The State Income Tax Revolution

Americans for Prosperity president Tim Phillips on Republican opposition in some states to income tax cuts. Photos: Getty Images

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... I ... while back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... continue the discussion was Americans for prosperity president Tim Phillips ... to announce a state income taxes state taxes action were generally ... on ... what's going on in Kansas with Governor Sam Brownback ... largest cut in the state's history ... the highest rate of Pursell income tax level ... from six point four five to four point nine percent ... and other cuts on the way ... right is this the beginning of the tax revolution in the States it is the real actions taken place in state capitals across the country were going to have ... a wonderful day ... for the country what you've got California Illinois ... and states and blue category ... going a different direction ... you've got states like Kansas Banerji annually taking bold steps I don't mean only around the edges Mary for taking bold steps and good for them or to watch closely to see our economy before I was talk specifically about Mike pence nine pence in Indiana ... this state has something like the five hundred million dollars in annual budget surplus ... it's why are Republicans in that state not backing out that this is a classic example of how Republicans learn the lessons of the two thousand ... Kiwi sole Republican House Senate and president in which the thousands ... that spent money ... and outrageous fashion hold on to entitlements it didn't work by the way for them politically or in reality ... any any of the same thing coming it's pretty affordable plan to cut income taxes ... you have a state House Majority super majority of Republicans campaigned as fiscal conservatives ... and other single cause we wanna stay in a deal we and more ability and more ... in new spending on The own programs instead of giving ... users ... a tax cut ... where to find out which way the Republican party wants to go with governs Comerica's is doing the right thing ... he's being all about this ... the states in the right now is considering a were there were doing TV ads rallies advanced Townhall meetings ... we want to help the Republican party we went long-term and Priebus talks by helping the party ... we wanna help him and given the right ... thing was that they do it and it's and it's in a big battle in India which got a list of states there are thinking about income tax cuts and pick this up on the screen ... Kansas Indiana Louisiana Ohio ... I we've also got another four on the list North Carolina Nebraska Missouri and Arkansas and the talk about ... North Carolina ... because I think this might be a little misleading to have the state-owned lists ... I e who is pushing for a big tax cuts in its reverse their mistakes in the majority in the state leader ... is pushing into overtime phase out until the phase out the income tax ... income according to cover ... former Mayor Chawla is ... I think on the fence and so were urging him encouraging him to to go and support for plays out ... you were told by getting a state that frankly has been lagging in Atlantic its North Carolina they really have an unemployment rate well above Virginia ... they've been slowing because of these in the nice ... nice warm Frankfurter bigger government than the rest to their neighbors they pay the price for who would love to see what your local Indians ... get back on the of the cutting edge of economic freedom and give her state's economy going again very briefly we got lesson thirty seconds of regional Louisiana on ... it we raise the sales tax in in exchange for reducing eliminating ... the income taxes is a formula to work in other states I think so as long as is genuinely revenue we saw Virginia tried to claim a tax increase in revenue to we knew it was a new tactic ... but in yet generally speaking consumption taxes are better ... the debt to income taxes for a state's economy ... or to watch this space Americans for prosperity president Tim Phillips a key so much for being the winner